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COMMENT | What Will The Gay Community Look Like In Ten Years?

(GayWebSource.com – Gay News & Press Network) – Posted by Jake Simpson – TheGayUK.com

In some ways the past decade has been an incredible decade for the LGBT community in the UK. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, making same-sex marriage legal in the UK, was a momentous landmark. The American Supreme Court Decision in favour of same-sex marriage has provided a new impetus to the global push […]
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Queer Readings of the Hebrew Bible

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Karin Hügel published “A Queer Reading of Qohelet 4,9-12” in Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 28/1 and “Queer Readings of the Song of Songs” in Journal of the European Society of Women in Theological Research 21 as results of her research into queer readings of the Hebrew Bible.
Qohelet 4,9-12 can be interpreted today as a queer countertext in relation to conservative exegeses of… Read the rest

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RELIGION-BASED BIGOTRY AND THE SUICIDE OF GAY TEENS

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(GayWebSource.com) Los Angeles, CA December 13, 2013    The Religious Right’s war on the LGBTQ community is well known.

Religion and churches should be where we go for love and comfort not discrimination and suffering. Far too often, too many LGBTQ people have been forced to leave their religious communities.

According to Faith in America, “Religion-based bigotry is not synonymous with bigotry. It is a uniquely… Read the rest

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RELIGION-BASED BIGOTRY AND THE SUICIDE OF GAY TEENS

(GayWebSource.com – Gay Media & Press Network) – Posted by Sherry Kelly

(GayWebSource.com) Los Angeles, CA December 13, 2013    The Religious Right’s war on the LGBTQ community is well known.

Religion and churches should be where we go for love and comfort not discrimination and suffering. Far too often, too many LGBTQ people have been forced to leave their religious communities.

According to Faith in America, “Religion-based bigotry is not synonymous with bigotry. It is a uniquely… Read the rest

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“Who am I to judge?” Pope Francis Accepting of Gay Clergy

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Aboard the papal aircraft Monday, Pope Francis made an unprecedented statement regarding gay clergy. He won’t judge priests for the sexual orientation.
“If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Francis asked, according to the Washington Post.
This comes after his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, said gay men should not be… Read the rest

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Disciples of Christ Vote to Embrace Gay Members, Leaders

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The Disciples of Christ Christian Church now, officially, welcomes gay and transgendered members and leaders into its church. The general assembly (including a representative from Dallas’ Midway Hills Christian Church) passed resolution at its annual meeting last week in Orlando.
From the resolution:
“The General Assembly calls upon the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to affirm the faith, baptism and spiritual gifts of… Read the rest

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A Queer Reading of Joseph

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Karin Hügel published her article “A Queer Reading of Joseph: Jewish Interpretations of the Beautiful Young Man in the Hebrew Bible” in Biblische Notizen 157 as a result of her research into queer readings of the Hebrew Bible.
She has given a lecture on a queer reading of Joseph at the Winter meeting of The Old Testament Society in the Netherlands and in Belgium (OTW)… Read the rest

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